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COMillOl-)ORE DANIELS, lOF FREMONT, OHIO.

Letters VIilfeiii. lilo. 70,419, dated Noz'cmlcr 5, 1867.

miriicvsn rLoATiNG WATER-POWER.-

dluii diihiile rifiuti iii iii tlgrsr ettirs liiiuit mit iiiiiliiiig part if its isiiiiic.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that l, COMMODORE DANN-ILS, of Fremont, Sandusky county, Ohio, lizire'iiivcuted certain new' and useful Improvements in Floating Mills; -aiid I hereby dechire thnt the following is :i true, full. :ind ,exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, und vto the letters of reference marked thereon. In thc annexed drawings, which make :i pnrt of this specification- Figure 1 'represents a. front elevation of the iiatcr-wliecls, and of the platform and4 boats which support said wheels.

Figure 2 is e. side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is mplanview of my machine.

Figure 4 s a perspective view of tho front half of a cross-section of the same.

Figure 5'is fi plan view of' the stern of the boats.

The nature of-my invention consists in constructing a wheel or wheels to bepropelled either by the current of running streams or by tide-watcr, in the manner hereinafter described.

The letter A represents a. platform, of suitable length, and adapted in wutn to the number of wheels to -be placed on it. The said platform will be strengthened by longitudinal sleepers at its bottom, and also by crossties, c. B designates one of, the sides of platform A, (see fig. 1,.) and will be about four feet in depth,'but can be increased in measure if the size of thc water-wheels should require it. The sides B will be strengthened and prevented from bulging out bythe stays or uprights c which rest on cross-ties c. D D (see fig. 4) represent tno boats resting on `and extending lengthwise oflplatform A. The said boats are so arranged as to admit of' the play of three watcrfwheels, Fonewireelheugbetwe'enthc ,twodioatsfand each oi' the' others being placed l between a bout nud the side B. My three wheels may beconstructed on a single shaft, in which case the `)ournals will rest on bearings placed upon the sliding frame G. In case each wheel should have a. separate shaft, so that any one may -be removed for repairs without interfering with the action of the other two, the shafts can be coupled together in the ordinary way. The frame G, it will he observed, is made to slide between timbers H which are placed en the top of the boats lengthwise. By this arrangement the water-wheelsF can bc removed from near the end of platform A to its centre when advisable. To-regulate the'quantityowf 'water required to drive the wheels F, the gates E areprcvided, the said gates being made to work in grooves cut in 'the side of boats D and sides B. In order still further to control the water ,acting on the two outer wheels, the

sliding gates L and hinged gates M are provided. The gate L is placed in the sides B, and the gates M hinged, by means of the strap-hinges S, to the front ends of sides B, (sce figs. 2 and d.) N represents an apronumade of any suitable material, and hinged to the front edge-of platform A, as seen in figs. 1 and 4, letter t. 'lo the outside of said apron the two anchor-piecesg are hinged'. The lower ends of pieces g nro madeangular, so as to present a point that will penetrate the sand at the bottom oi' the river aud hold the platform Aat a point where the'eurrent is strongest. p It will be seen that the Sterns of the boats have attachments consisting of pieces of timber, T,'(see'fig. 3,) secured to them by screws, and that when it becomes necessary, these timbers can be removed and tho boats rendered as sharp at the stern us at the bow. By this arrangement the boats, when on tidcqvater, will be adapted te the ebb and owol' the tide; and, as thc paddles of the wheels nrc miide radial, the action of the current will bo the same in either direction.` i y The frame and fender parts ofn saw-mill arc represented in the drawings" to illustrate one inode of `coinmllDll-tlnig power; but as leather bands would soon become useless when kcpticoiistantly wet, it will be neces# sary, to drive machinery attached to any water-power, to usc iron gearing: K When the platform A is once anchored iii' a stream, the `apron N let down to a horizont-al position, und the gate M opened, the current flowing through the several lumes formed by the boats D and sides B will give `ii.

motion to the water-wheels proportioned tov the rapidity of itsilow.

Having thus described my'invention, what I claim, and desire to seculc by Letters Patent, isf

1. The sliding frameiG, in combination with boats D :ind wheels F, the wholeconstructcd and operating as herein described.

2. The sliding frame G, in combination with, boats D, wlicelsF, apron Rancher-moody, the whole com,

structed and eperctingas and ior the purpose substantially' as herein 'set forth.

T t t` h i' -t rein resence of two witn' sses. n es iuenyw eieof I afr my signaJ u Ip e` j', COMMODORE, DANIELA* Witnesses: p i

E. F. Drcxruson, y Ess-'nii'. Nasse. 

